Falls. A two yearoldboy has died. He was found unresponsive in a backyard pool. Fox sixs jenna sachs is live at the Police Department. With what weve learned. A very sad story. Police are investigating this appears accidental. Police investigators surround an above ground pool. In backyard near fond du lac and main in Menomonee Falls. Police were called to this home. Around 245 pm monday. For a report of an unresponsive child in a pool. Police and fire found a the twoyearolds father trying to resuscitate him. The child was rushed to Community Memorial hospital. But despite lifesaving efforts. Could not be revived. He was pronounced Waukesha County medical Examiners Office continue to investigate. But say the death does appear accidental. And tonight the family of that two yearold boy is asking for privacy. Reporting live in Menomonee Falls. Jenna sachs. Fox 6 news. Steph thanks jenna a man has lost his life. Trying to help his neighbor. Kenosha police are investigating what is now a murder. New tonight aj bayatpour says the victim died from his wounds nearly a week after he was shot. Neighbor, good dad hed always help out if he could. Thats how Teresa Rademacher radehmaker describes her next door neighbor, 39 yearold bernard reavers. It was like, the first day i met him, hi, my names bernard. Whats your name . And youd see him around, stuff like that. Kenosha police, who are still posted outside the house, say reavers was being a Good Neighbor the the woman living upstairs. Police say he mightve walked into an Armed Robbery in progress. Adding theyve gotten information that neighbor was involved in drug activity. Whatever was happening around 8 30 that morning ended with reavers being shot. Really, i didnt know who was shot. I didnt hear anything, it was a sunday morning. You dont think youre doing anything on a sunday morning other that getting up and getting ready for the day. Another neighbor tells fox 6 he heard one shot. After being in the hospital for six days, rear he leaves behind three young children; rademacher says she always saw reavers outside with his girls. They dont have a dad to look up to, to teach them what a man should teach their daughters who to look for in a guy. Police put out this screen shot they say its a vehicle of interest and are asking anyone in the area with surveillance cameras to call them. Rademacher says its the shooter, himself, who needs to come forward. Best thing for them to do is turn themselves in and out of this life but are they going to . I dont know. Other neighbors who didnt want to be interviewed say reavers was often outside grilling in the backyard regardless of the weather. One says hed always offer to cook him something. Police did not provide a make or model for that vehicle of interest. If you can help call kenosha police. In the newsroom, a. J. Bayatpour, fox 6 news. Brad thanks aj in milwaukee a funeral procession turns to homicide scene today. Shots rang out around 12 30 this afternoon near 22nd and keefe. Family members tell us they were on their way to bury their grandfather when they heard gun shots. 23yearold Lamar Ragland who was in his car right behind the hearse was killed. His cousin thinks the car which is painted gold is the why ragland was targeted but Milwaukee Police are still looking into that claim. Yesterday car, painted it, put the rims on it. Came by us the first day he got it out. He only had the car out one week. So if its anybody they know who they did it to. Just cause of the car. A 24yearold man and a 22yearold man were also injured from gunfire. Police say they suffered nonlife threatening injuries. They were passengers in his raglands car. He was friends with oompa loompahs. H in young frankenstein. And he was a harddrinking gunslinger in Blazing Saddles tonight people are remembering actor gene wilder. The milwaukee native died today in his connecticut home he was 83 yearsold. His nephew says he died of complications from alzheimers disease. Wilder was twice nominated for an oscar for his roles in the producers and young frankenstein. He also was beloved for playing the title role in willy wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Wilder is also known saddles and stir crazy. Many of those movies from the producer extraordinaire mel brooks. Today brooks tweeted in response to wilders death one of the truly great talents of our time. He blessed every film we did with his magic he blessed me with his friendship. Wilder graduated from Washington High School in 1951. Students walk by his picture on the wall there every day. He only made it back to milwaukee a few times. But as fox6s bret lemoine shows legacy throughout south east wisconsin. Years before gene wilder captured our imagination on the silver screen. Ld well yeah he went to my school . Jerome silberman was a rising star at Washington High School. Ld he was Vice President of the washington players. alumni historian Linda Durrenberg says wilder was inducted into the schools hall of fame back in 2001. Wilder was invited to attend the ceremony. But couldnt make it. Ld we had some others years into movies. durrenberg says wilder spent his free time involved in the schools theater group. Juggling his Extracurricular Activities with this academics. Ld he still made the honor roll wilders legendary roll in 1971s willy wonka and the Chocolate Factory tr hes complex sometimes hes actually kinda scary. still resonates with Washington High Schools special education teacher, tanya tanya reed, who uses the movie in her clase kids about honesty, integrity. And the schools rich history. Tr and we get candy in the end thats always good but its the love wilder had for his third wife, actress gilda radner. Hl when she was diagnosed with her cancer, he was very supportive of her. . That brings helen lambrun lambron to tears. Shes a cancer survivor. And ambassador for gildas club, a National Organization cofounded by wilder after radners death in 1989. Theres still an active chapter in people of all ages and backgrounds go for support. And solidarity. Hl to honor gildas memory, gildas club was created. What can i say about gene wilder but thank you. Thank you. They left a comic legacy but also a personal legacy thats affecting so many people. the Washington High School alumni historian says wilder was also invited to attend the latest induction to the schools hall of fame two years ago. But wilder declined. The gildas club in milwaukee closed about 6 years ago. The organizationis of the group Cancer Support community. You can read more about gene wilders life and career on our website fox6 now dot com. We have a slight chance for isolated showers and storms later this evening, although most of us should stay dry. Clouds and patchy fog will move in overnight, with lows in the mid with our next cold front. Although well stay mostly cloudy through the day, it wont be a washout. Tonight mostly cloudy. Low check the radar anytime right from your phone. Just download the fox 6 storm center app, its available on android and apple. Our reporter theo keith showed up in a milwaukee neighborhood today next thing you know. Theyre tearing down a house. What theo was after and why this was the response. A quiet corner. And a brutal crime. The stabbing death of a popular chef. And trouble o plea. Why she was in Sheboygan County court. Those stories in the next . . The ford freedom sales event is on our biggest event of the year just got better . . Announcing zero for seventytwo across the entire lineup of ford cars, trucks and suvs. Plus, tagged vehicles now get a thousand smart bonus. Thats freedom from interest. And freedom to choose with ford. Americas best selling brand. . . Now get 0 financing for 72 months across the entire ford lineup, hicles get a thousand smart bonus. Russ feingold im Russ Feingold and i approve this message. Narrator listen to senator johnson on Student Loans ron johnson its just kinda free money, young people dont really, necessarily understand finance. Narrator what senator johnson doesnt understand is, more than 800,000 wisconsinites have Student Loans. But he wants to eliminate federal Student Loans and keep Interest Rates high. Johnson its just kinda free money. Narrator with senator johnson, opportunity for middle class kids would disappear. N. Break break a murder on milwaukees lower east side. The victim a chef at a well known milwaukee restaurant and hotel. Police tell our Derica Williams an argument escalated to a fatal stabbing. Cops everywhere lots of people standing around Police Lights lit up the early morning. Near pulaski and something you normally see the fun nightlife in this neighborhood. Halted by violence. I had to come onto the crime scene to get into my house mac leicht lives just feet away from where police say a 32yearold man was fatally stabbed. It looked pretty brutal my roommates car had blood on it, i dont know if this was a hand print but his car was part of the crime scene as happened around 12 45 when police say an argument between two people who knew each other lead to a fatal stabbing. Its just crazy the world we live in i guess people think bad things happen in bad areas but it happens everywhere many residents here now facing the grim reality of crime. I think everyone is pretty shocked that kind of Violent Crime doesnt really happen in the neighborhood its here or there but nothing serious like that Rebecca Berkshire is even more shocked by who the victim is. Happening from what i know the man is kind a regular in the neighbors seemed like a pretty normal guy witnesses say he left a nearby bar shortly before the deadly incident. While police look into a motive, many here look to comfort for his loved ones. Sad for the victims family fox 6 is not releasing the name of the 32years old victim involved Milwaukee Police did take two male sus connection with the homicide. Reporting in the newsroom, derica willaims fox6 news. A Community Gathering in jackson, mississippi to remember two murdered nuns as we learn more about the suspect now in custody. A mass was held today for sisters Paula Merrill and margaret held. The two were stabbed to death in their home last week. Sister margaret held grew up in slinger and worked with today the suspect 46yearold Rodney Sanders was ordered held without bond after a hearing. He faces two counts of capital murder and one count of burglary grand larceny. We streamed the entire memorial mass on the fox6 News Facebook page you can view it there if you like. If youd simply like to view the homily from the mass, visit fox6 now dot com or the fox6 news app. The story can be found on our home page. The two brothers arrested in he shooting death of dwyane wades cousin appear in court today. Derren and Darwin Sorells are each facing first degree murder charges. Police say both are gang members and are on parole for previous gun charges. The incident started with a dispute involving an uber driver. 32yearold Nykea Aldridge was caught in the crossfire while pushing her threeweek old child in a stroller. The child was not hurt. An update tonight from the fox 6 investigators. A sheboygan woman accused of fleeing the state with her not guilty to interfering with child custody. Latisha anderson, the pornstar known as darcy tyler, is being held in the Sheboygan County jail for allegedly disappearing with her toddler earlier this year. Her lawyer says she might want to move her trial out of sheboygan because of the Media Attention the story has received. The us marshals tracked anderson to california. Her son is now living with his father, who spent months looking for the child. Killing a woman on interstate 90 as part of a multicounty crime spree pleads not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. Zachary hays entered the plea in Sauk County Court today. Investigators say the shooting on the interstate came just hours after he killed his neighbor at a west allis apartment building. Hays was eventually arrested after a shootout with police near madison. The Sheboygan Falls mother accused of killing her 2 year old son was also in court this afternoon. 27 year mental disease or defect to charges of first degree homicide and hiding a body. Police say she admitted to suffocating her son. Saying she was hearing voices when the child was killed. An important meeting of the minds in milwaukee the topic civil rights and hate crimes. Taking part in the discussion the Wisconsin Advisory Committee and the Us Commission of civil rights. The discussion focused on the formation and activity of hate groups and the effectiveness of hate crime laws in the state. The Us Commission of civil rights meets its not just enough to look at something thats criminal conduct motivated by bias but ultimate;y, how do we evolve from that . How do we learn from that . How do we change that dynamic . The state committee will issue their findings and recommendations in a full report at a later date. Racine county making progress against the bluff erosion threatening homes along the lakeshore. At the beginning of the month slabs of concrete were contractor working out at a waukegan airport. Today that heap of concrete was finally put to use. Vassh excavating and grading transported the concrete over to homes in need of protection from the lake. We dump it near the edge because you dont want to back a truck too close to the edge, itll go down. Then we get a big excavator, we stretch the boom out and we push it over the edge. Where it lands, it lands. There. Because of the emergency need the excavators say they are providing their services for a fraction of their regular rate. Once all of the concrete is distributed more will be brought in. Theres a multiMillion Dollar plan to tear down or repair vacant milwaukee homes. So far the Mayors Office is being tight lipped about how this would work. But after fox sixs theo keith started asking questions, we crews hard at work on a burned out, vacant house at 50th and clarke. Hours earlier, fox6 started asking why the house, two weeks after it burned, could still be leaning against a neighbors home. She told me it was blocking her backdoor, and she felt unsafe. We brought the issue to the areas alderman. Im gonna handle this asap. 54 fox6 later learned the decision is up to the Property Owner, not the city. City officials have given the owner 30 days to decide whether the house can be fixd at 33rd and hadley. Cover 00 38 32 we need help. A row of abandoned houses. Has the neighbors fed up. Jim brey says his wife asked the city to tear down one house that had been abandoned for years. They were told it was on the list. Nats fire the house did come down. After it burned two weeks ago. Its sad 08 you know, thats what it takes 13xxxxxxx last week the mayor and the governor announced a 2 Million Dollar program to fight blight in the sherman park area. This is going to allow us to that do need to be raised 38 part of the money is supposed to go for demolition and part for renovating. Neighbors have many questions about the plan. These are dangerous properties, and it hasnt been a big enough priority by the city 51xxxthe contractors arrived here around 4 30 were told the Property Owner finally decided to tear the house down. As for the 2 million blight reduction efforts we continue to wait for specifics from mayor barretts office about how the plan will work. By one estimate, there could be 50 homes torn down with the money. The city has 400 condemned homes on its list. Theo keith, fox6 the countdown is on although you may be counting down for a while the us open is headed to wisconsin. And the crews at erin hills have been prepping for years how many millions of dollars are expected to pour into the state as history is made. Plus, workers at one fast food joint are suing. Forced them to do. Yes . Please repeat the objective. Thrivent mutual funds. Managed by humans, not robots. Before investing, carefully read and consider fund objectives, risks, charges and expenses Governor Scott walker issuing emergency declarations for three western wisconsin counties hit hard by storms and flooding earlier this the order declaring disasters in eau claire, buffalo and trempealeau counties. The orders will help free up government money to help in recovery efforts. We have a slight chance for isolated showers and storms later this evening, although most of us should stay dry. Clouds and patchy fog will move in overnight, with lows in the mid with our next cold front. Although well stay mostly cloudy through the day, it wont be a washout. Tonight mostly cloudy. Low 66 from the us open taking place in wisconsin. But the preparations have been in the works for years. How erin hills golf course is getting ready for the big tournament. And a local Little League is making a trip of a lifetime. When w